64 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
strategic planning process, our philosophy has changed. We are now looking for opportunities to collaboratively collect
and share collections/resources within the Libraries, with university partners and beyond.
We are in conversation with a number of programs.
42. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1
equals strongly disagree and 5 equals strongly agree. Please make one selection per row. N=8
Statement 1 Strongly
Disagree
2 3 Agree 4 5 Strongly
Agree
N
It will always be important for some library to
preserve print collections, regardless of digital
availability or digital preservation status.
1 1 0 1 5 8
It is primarily the responsibility of ARL member
libraries to sustain and manage comprehensive print
collections of record.
0 3 2 0 1 6
Total Responses 1 4 2 1 5 8
Comments N=3
Historically, other types of institutions, including national libraries and consortia such as CRL, have participated in this
kind of collecting and resource sharing. These institutions should be kept in mind as partners as we move forward.
I chose 2 since I don’t believe it is the job of any one library to engage in this, it needs to be a collaborative effort. I also
think that it will likely fall to the ARL libraries to do this, as I don’t see anyone else having the means.
The responsibility falls on ALL libraries not just ARL libraries.
43. Twenty years from now, academic and research library users should expect to find fewer copies of
intentionally retained print publications that represent, in the aggregate, a comprehensive, widely
accessible shared collection. Users will find these resources.… N=8
Resource Location 1 Strongly
Disagree
2 3 Agree 4 5 Strongly
Agree
N
Spread across a network of ARL, non-ARL, and large
public libraries
0 1 3 1 2 7
At ARL libraries 0 0 4 0 2 6
Spread across a network of ARL and non-ARL
libraries
0 1 4 0 1 6
Total responses 0 1 5 1 3 8
Comments N=1
As online becomes the version of record, as platforms and interfaces improve, and digital archiving improves, and
patrons change their habits, the need for multiple print archives will be reduced. ARL libraries will not be the only type of
strategic planning process, our philosophy has changed. We are now looking for opportunities to collaboratively collect
and share collections/resources within the Libraries, with university partners and beyond.
We are in conversation with a number of programs.
42. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1
equals strongly disagree and 5 equals strongly agree. Please make one selection per row. N=8
Statement 1 Strongly
Disagree
2 3 Agree 4 5 Strongly
Agree
N
It will always be important for some library to
preserve print collections, regardless of digital
availability or digital preservation status.
1 1 0 1 5 8
It is primarily the responsibility of ARL member
libraries to sustain and manage comprehensive print
collections of record.
0 3 2 0 1 6
Total Responses 1 4 2 1 5 8
Comments N=3
Historically, other types of institutions, including national libraries and consortia such as CRL, have participated in this
kind of collecting and resource sharing. These institutions should be kept in mind as partners as we move forward.
I chose 2 since I don’t believe it is the job of any one library to engage in this, it needs to be a collaborative effort. I also
think that it will likely fall to the ARL libraries to do this, as I don’t see anyone else having the means.
The responsibility falls on ALL libraries not just ARL libraries.
43. Twenty years from now, academic and research library users should expect to find fewer copies of
intentionally retained print publications that represent, in the aggregate, a comprehensive, widely
accessible shared collection. Users will find these resources.… N=8
Resource Location 1 Strongly
Disagree
2 3 Agree 4 5 Strongly
Agree
N
Spread across a network of ARL, non-ARL, and large
public libraries
0 1 3 1 2 7
At ARL libraries 0 0 4 0 2 6
Spread across a network of ARL and non-ARL
libraries
0 1 4 0 1 6
Total responses 0 1 5 1 3 8
Comments N=1
As online becomes the version of record, as platforms and interfaces improve, and digital archiving improves, and
patrons change their habits, the need for multiple print archives will be reduced. ARL libraries will not be the only type of
